Cryptocerus basalis Smith, 1876d: 608 (q.) NICARAGUA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: “Brazil”: Chontales (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: BMNH. Type notes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 269, rightly point out that Chontales is a department of Nicaragua, not Brazil.